Means for assembling lantern-wheels.



C. SANDOZ MORITZ.

MEANS PoR ASSBMBLING LANTERN WHEELS.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 21, 1'913.

1,084,039,I Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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C. SANDOZ MORITZ.

MEANS POR ASSEMBLING LANTERN WHEELS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. Z1, 1913.

1,084,089. Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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CHARLES SANDOZ MORITZ, OF TAVANNES, SWITZERLAND.

MEANS FOR ASSEMBLING LANTERN-WHEELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

Application filed January 21, 1.913. Serial No. 743,397'.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

lle it. known that l, CHARLES SANDOZ Moru'rz, a citizen ot the Republic of Switzerland, and residing at Tavannes, Switzerland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means l'or ssenibling Lantern-lllheels, ot which the following is a specification.

rlhe present invention relates to improvement-s in the art ot insert-ing the bars into the heads of lantern wheels, such as are used for instance in the manufacture ot watches and clocks, and it relates more specifically to an improvement in means to be used in connection with suction machines, such as for instance described in my U. S. Patent 1,053,227, and the particular' objectl oit this present improvement is to facilitate the operation by so constructing the work-receiving pert'orate plate that the shafted heads of the lantern wheels can readily be inserted in the respective bores and are airtightly pressed against the pert'orate plate with the lower head, while the air is sucked through the system to draw the bars into the heads.

In order to make the invention more readily understood, l will now describe it with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l represents a vertical section through the work-receiving pertorate plate with accessories. and two lantern wheels in elevation, the right hand one being only partly assembled. Fig. 2 shows a top view ot the pertorate plate with inserted lantern bodies. F 3 shows a lantern body. with the har receiving heads in section. Fig. ll represents a sectional elevation through a suction apparatus, with the pertorate plate in operative position.

The perforate plate o is provided with a ]')lurality of axially extending bores l). which may be disposed in any desired manner. for instance, as shown, in a circle concentric to the central screw holt j, which serves also as handle. The diameter of these bores, which extend clear through the plate, is larger than that ot the upper head or plate c and smaller than that of the lower head of the lantern pinions to be handled. It is obvious that for diilierent sizes ot' lantern wheels plates showing bores otl correspondingly different diameter.' must be supplied.

In the lowertace ot' the pertorate plate is provided an air groove or channel c,

guard plate on the screw bolt, the supportfA plate can he raised or lowered, according` to the length ot' shaft ot the lanterns under treatment.

The lantern wheel bodies comprise a shaft i, an upper head o with bores c extending clear through the head, and a lower head d with bores d extending only part-way into the head, as shown in Fig. 3. These lantern bodies are now introduced by hand into the bores o of the plate a, and the lower hea ds (Z, which as above stated project circumferentially over the respective here rim, are then pressed against the undertace ot the perfora-te plate by the support plate being raised to the requisite extent, as shown in Fig. l. After all the bores b are provided with lautern bodies (Fig. 2) the plate a is air-tightly fitted into the bowl or receiver A of the suction apparatus. shown in Fig. Ll. A quantity of bars /t is scattered over the plate a, and the aspirator B is started, when the bars will be sucked home into the small hores c and d respectively in the lantern heads, the air passing' in the direction of the arrows.

As shown, the suction action may be aided by the shaking action ot the eccentric drive C, which Aserves to keep the bars 7L on the plate u iu constant agitation, so that they more readily drop into the bores in the pinion heads c. The air passes circumferentially by the heads f: and through the still open bores c into the hores 71. and then into the annular channel c. and from there through the aspirator B. and the suction thus exerted forces the bars f71 into the seatpairs c, CZ.

lllhatl claim is z" l. ln suction apparatus 'tor assembling lantern wheels, a work-receiving plate, having a plurality olf' bores, an air channel open below and communicating in` turn with all ot.' said bores, and means for drawing air through said air channel and said bores.

2. ln suction apiniratus for assembling lantern wheels. a work-receiving plate having a plurality of axial bores, and an air groove communicating with said bores; means for assuring the operative position of the lantern bodies in said hores, and means perforate plate, and means for drawing air t through said air channel and said hores.

i. ln suction apparatus tor assembling lantern wheels, a work-receiving plate having a plurality of axial hores and an air groove Communicating with said bores; a guard plate arranged below said perforate plate and adapted to support the shafts of the lantern bodies; means for adjusting the position of said guard plate relative to said perfor-ate plate, and means for drawing air through said air channel and said bores.

5. In suction apparatus for assembling lantern wheels, in combination, a work-receiving plate having a plurality of bores and an air groove Connecting said bores; a guard plate underneath said pei'forate plate; a screw bolt adjustably securing said guard plate to said perforate plate, and means for drawing air through said air Channel and said bores.

in testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES SNDOZ MORITZ.

lVitiiesses NUMA S'rEiGER, RUD. HEGER.

Sopes of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C."l l 

